14It should be noted that, in paragraph 17 of that judgment, delivered in a case bearing similarities to the case in the main proceedings, the Court in essence held that, in particular for reasons of legal certainty, it is not possible for a recipient of State aid — which was the subject of a Commission decision that was directly addressed solely to the Member State from which that recipient comes — who could undoubtedly have challenged that decision on the basis of Article 263 TFEU and who allowed the mandatory period provided for in the sixth paragraph of that provision to lapse, effectively to call into question the legality of that decision before the national courts, in an action brought against the national measures implementing that decision (see, also, judgment of 15 February 2001, Nachi Europe, C‑239/99, EU:C:2001:101, paragraph 30, and of 5 March 2015, Banco Privado Português and Massa Insolvente do Banco Privado Português, C‑667/13, EU:C:2015:151, paragraph 28).
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